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Online Poker Player Traffic Update – June 17, 2014
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The deal is expected to affect online poker player traffic in the future in a most positive fashion in terms of industry growth. But stay tuned because the bickering is likely far from over in California where a coalition of Indian tribes may not yet …

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Poker Player PROfile: Northern California Pro Candace Collins
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Candace Collins Northern California pro Candace Collins put her name on the live tournament map with a 14th-place finish in the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star for $39,800 in March of 2014. Collins has nearly $60,000 in tournament earnings, …

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Colson Whitehead tries his luck at the World Series of Poker: book review
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When the editor of Grantland magazine offered to pay his $10,000 entry fee for a seat at the World Series of Poker in exchange for an essay on his experiences, novelist Colson Whitehead, who has played penny ante poker since college, went all in. He …

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Fading Hearts On The River: Book Delves Into Life Of Modern Poker Player
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The modern poker champion is likely to be a 20-something college student who plays with designer sunglasses, a baseball cap or hoodie and he listens to his iPod as the game progresses. But how does a millennial go from playing games late at night in a …

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Zynga Inc Adds Poker Leagues To Make App More Challenging
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Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA), the social gaming operator, recently launched Zynga Poker Leagues, updating its flagship poker app. This is a new competitive feature designed especially for the purpose of delivering a free-to-play variant of an authentic …

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The Story of The Greatest Crime in the History of Online Poker is Being Told Again
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A new, re-edited version of the poker documentary Ultimate Beat: too much to lose is set to be released on June 25th. Over the past several years longtime Ultimate Bet investigator Scott “ElevenGrover” Bell took on the monumental task of creating a …

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Pierre Milan Wins World Series of Poker $2500 No-Limit Hold'em Event
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The 25-year-old poker pro from Paris became just the 14th Frenchman to ever win a WSOP bracelet and he credited his mostly French rail for supporting him throughout his heads-up match with Justin Oliver. “My rail was really helping,” said Milan. “It …

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Nick Schulman: Poker 'Is A Very Cliquey Community'
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Through the first half of the 2014 World Series of Poker, poker pro Nick Schulman recorded six cashes. Remarkably, all of them were top-20 finishes. The two-time bracelet winner turns 30 this fall, but he already has eight-plus years of experience at …

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Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Boasts $10 Million Guarantee
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The Seminole Hard Rock Casino Poker Open (SHRCPO) for 2014 has revised its schedule, allowing players to potentially play in both the EPT Barcelona Main Event and the $10 million championship. Poker aficionados might remember that last year the …

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Switch Poker Launches €200 World Cup Challenge
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Switch Poker, the poker room designed for Android, iPhone and iPad players has launched a new competition: the €200 World Cup Challenge! How does it work? On June 24, play at heads-up tables with the player JustBadLuck and generate more SPPs …

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Thinking Poker Podcast Episode #82: Ari Engel
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On this episode of the Thinking Poker Podcast, Nate and Andrew set the location for the meet up in Las Vegas, break down a cash game hand that listener Jason played at Maryland Live! Casino, and talk with Ari Engel about how to travel the circuit …

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Calvin Anderson Wins The 2014 World Series of Poker $1500 Seven Card Stud …
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“It's a good feeling to win the gold bracelet,” Anderson said. “I wouldn't say it completely validates me and what I do for a career. I've had a lot of success, although I will certainly get a lot more recognition from this. It's definitely a good …

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Charity poker event thrives at Derby Lane in Florida
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Derby Lane spent Memorial Day helping a wonderful local charity as the greyhound track's poker room attracted more than 100 players to a tournament for the Combat Wounded Veterans Challenge, which helps those wounded in action be active.

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Poker by Bryan Devonshire
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Unfortunately, many of those familiar faces were at my starting table, and my mountain-town poker game was suddenly playing like a WSOP event in Las Vegas. I had a poor spot at a tough table and was playing very tight. I was paying attention, although …

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Chino Hills poker player scores big at WSOP
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Chino Hills resident Jeffry Coburn won $815,963 by placing second at a World Series of Poker “Millionaire Maker” No-Limit Hold'em tournament June 4 at Rio Convention Center in Las Vegas. Jonathan Dimming, of Buffalo, N.Y., won the event and pocketed …

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Top-10 lessons I learned about poker playing cards with my non-gambler father
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I had my first gambling experience when I was about seven or eight years old. My father and my grandfather owned a small hunting camp in the northern Adirondacks, and while I was too young to go up during the hunting season, we often spent summer …

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Why are Norwegians great? For one thing, their poker championship is played in …
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I'm standing in a casino parking lot, being roasted alive by an unrelenting sun — I'm told it's 104 degrees in the shade today, but I wouldn't know since I'm NOWHERE NEAR ANY SHADE — and trying to remember how much I love the World Series of Poker.

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Darren Elias On Borgata Poker Tournament Scandal: 'Takes The Cake' For …
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Poker pro Darren Elias is having a very solid 2014 World Series of Poker, cashing a total of four times through the middle of June. The performance has been good news for the L.A. native, as he was short changed a bit after a poker tournament at …

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